Fresh Start Community Association

Analysis

Fresh Start Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in BRIGHTON and HOVE. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06141559). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Fresh Start Community Association reported income of £23k and spending of £23k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £23k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fresh Start Community Association sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Luxulyan Village Hall (£23k), Health and Wellbeing Trust Limited (£23k) and St Johns (Isle of Dogs) Community Association (£23k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.